You wish to retire in 15 years, at which time you want to have accumulated enough money to receive an annual annuity of $31,000 for 20 years after retirement. During the period before retirement you can earn 12 percent annually, while after retirement you can earn 14 percent on your money. What annual contributions to the retirement fund will allow you to receive the $31,000 annuity?

Label each of the following statements true, false, or uncertain. explain your choice carefully. a. workers benefit equally from the process of creative destruction. b. in the past two decades, the real wages of low-skill u.s. workers have declined relative to the real wages of high-skill workers. c. technological progress leads to a decrease in employment if, and only if, the increase in output is smaller than the increase in productivity. d. the apparent decrease in the natural rate of unemployment in the united states in the second-half of the 1990s can be explained by the fact that productivity growth was unexpectedly high during that period.

What is inventory turnover? explain the effect of a high inventory turnover during the christmas shopping season.

What are some examples of types of investments on the part of manufactures that result in growth? how does this improve a nation's standard of living?